Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pactolian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pacto-lian
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to the Pactolus, a river in ancient Lydia famous for its golden sands.

adj

Inflected Forms

more Pactolian (comparative) most Pactolian (superlative)

Questions

What does pactolian mean?: Pertaining to the Pactolus, a river in ancient Lydia famous for its golden sands.

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